Leviticus 23:28 Ye shall do no work in that same day No more than on the weekly sabbath: for it is a day of atonement, to make atonement for you befo...
When the day was now far spent (hdh wra pollh genomenh). Genitive absolute. Hwra used here for day-time (so Matthew 14:15 ) as in Polybius and late ...
Glistering, exceeding white (stilbonta leuka lian). Old words, all of them. Matthew 17:2 has white as the light (leuka w to pw), Luke 9:29 white ...
See on Mt 20:23-28 for discussion on these memorable verses ( Colossians 39-45 ) identical in both Matthew and Mark. In particular in verse Colossia...
Chapter 1212:1? Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the church. Herod Herod Agrippa I., grandson of Herod t...
Chapter 1818:1? And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory. ange...
Chapter 1313:1? Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and Luc...
Chapter 3838:2? Son of man, set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him, Gog That the...
As he was yet a coming (eti prosercomenou autou). Genitive absolute. While he was yet coming (the boy, that is, not Jesus). Note quaint English a com...
Luke 9:30 And behold there talked with him two men Of great note and fame: which were Moses and Elias; the one the giver of the law from God to the ...
For this is for your safety (touto gar pro th umetera swthria uparcei). Note swthria in sense of safety, literal meaning, not spiritual salvation. Th...
Unto the resurrection of life (ei anastasin zwh). Anastasi is an old word (Aeschylus) from anisthmi, to raise up, to arise. This combination occurs n...
For the truth's sake (dia thn alhqeian). Repetition of the word, one of which John is very fond ( 1?John 1:6 , the truth, as revealed by the Christ, ...
What therefore God hath joined together (o oun o qeo sunezeuxen). Note what, not whom. The marriage relation God has made. The creation of sex, and t...
SHEMUEL she-mu'-el, shem'-u-el (shemu'el, name of God (?) (1?Chronicles 6:33)); the Revised Version (British and American) Samuel, the prophet (see SA...
Than what ye read (all h a anaginwskete). Note comparative conjunction h (than) after all and that after alla (other things, same word in reality), o...
Chapter 2727:29? Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee: be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother's sons bow down to thee: cursed be...
And it came to pass (egeneto de). Rather than the common kai egeneto and with the infinitive (periastrapsai), one of the three constructions with kai...
For judgement (ei krima). The Father had sent the Son for this purpose ( Acts 3:17 ). This world (kosmo) is not the home of Jesus. The krima (judgeme...
If ye are reproached (ei oneidizesqe). Condition of first class assumed as true with ei and present passive indicative of oneidizw, for which verb se...